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Friday, July 24, 2015

Conflicting Reports Released Regarding Whether Chris Brown Has Been Released From The Philippines Or Continues To Be Detained For Financial Fraud By His Management (Video)

R&B singer, Chris Brown, was scheduled to perform a concert
in the Philippines in December 2014. However, due to his
criminal record as a felon from the Rihanna domestic violence
case and reports he was unable to secure a passport, Brown was
unable to enter the country. Brown departed for the Philippines
this week and held another concert.

Chris Brown's Instagram post
that has since been deleted regarding begging to be released
from the Philippines

However, the religious group who had paid money to bring the
singer to the Philippines last December, made a formal complaint
to the Justice Department in the Philippines, regarding Brown
canceling the show and his management not returning the money
paid for the deposit to secure the singer's services. Brown's
manager should have returned the money, which is the standard
business practice regarding cancellations caused by the
entertainer or their representatives.

Leased private jet for Chris
Brown's tour sits on runway waiting on the singer who is unable
to leave the Philippines

As such, Brown was detained two days ago and barred from
leaving the Philippines. TMZ reported he was released after the
matter was sorted out between "two promoters" and Brown was in
the air to Hong Kong for his next scheduled show. However, Brown
continued to post videos on Instagram stating he has not been
allowed to leave the Philippines. The Immigration Bureau
confirmed to the Associated Press that Brown is still in the
Philippines.

July 23, 2015 | 12:25 p.m. EDT - MANILA, Philippines (AP) —
In a profanity-laced video, Grammy award-winning singer Chris
Brown vented his frustration Thursday at being stuck in the
Philippines for a second day after running afoul of a
politically powerful religious group that filed a fraud
complaint against him for a cancelled concert. Brown was still
in the country Thursday evening and had not applied for the
emigration clearance he needs to leave Manila, Immigration
Bureau spokeswoman Elaine Tan said in a text message to the AP.

The 26-year-old R&B singer performed at a packed concert in
Manila on Tuesday but has been prevented from leaving since
then. In videos posted on Instagram, Brown clowns around,
asking, "Can somebody please tell me what the (expletive) is
going on?" "I don't know, I'm reading headlines after headlines,
what the (expletive)!" he added, smiling as his companions laugh
in the background while sprawled on sofas. In another video,
Brown says when he gets to customs, he will say he did nothing
wrong. He then breaks into dance as people laugh. The
expletive-laden video appeared to have been removed from Brown's
Instagram account Thursday...

A new video posted around midnight showed Brown kneeling on
the same patterned carpet as before and pleading, "Please,
please, let us leave, please," then doing a back flip. The
clip's caption seemed to be a mock appeal to President Barack
Obama. The dispute traces back to last New Year's Eve when Brown
canceled a concert at the 55,000-seat Philippine Arena north of
Manila, which is operated by a corporation owned by the
politically influential Iglesia ni Cristo religious group. The
101-year-old group is believed to have more than a million
members both in the Philippines and abroad and is known to vote
as a bloc in a nation where politicians often seek endorsements
from church leaders. The organizers said they were told at that
time by Brown's representative that the singer lost his passport
and could not make it to the concert...